The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges
250 E. Broad St., Suite 1700
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3722
For more information contact Lynne Briggs or Cheryl Kight at
614-469-1950 or briggs@ofic.org, kight@ofic.org
TOLEDO RESIDENT, RECIPIENT OF OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. SCHOLARSHIP, PURSUING BUSINESS DEGREE AT LOURDES COLLEGE
Shana Marshall, from Toledo, Ohio is a senior at Lourdes College studying Accounting and Business Administration. She is the recipient of a scholarship from Owens-Illinois, Inc. through The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges’ Ohio Scholars Program.
Shana, a single-parent working a full-time job, made the decision to return to college to better not only her own but also her daughter’s future. Although she is certain that decision was a good one, she says that college requires a lot of hard work and is a real financial challenge. “Even though I was working full-time,” she wrote to her scholarship donor, “I still needed a considerable amount of help.”
Another good decision, Shana says, was her selection of Lourdes College. She highly recommends Lourdes to anyone serious about obtaining a college degree. “The class sizes are perfect,” she states, “and the faculty and staff are dedicated to helping the students succeed.”
“When I graduate in May 2009,” Shana writes, “I will have realized a dream. This scholarship is more than just money to me; it is a life-changing and inspiring experience and gives me a way to graduate college and better myself. I want the good people at Owens-Illinois to know how much this has meant to me.”
OFIC is the primary corporate and foundation solicitation organization for 34 independent Ohio colleges and universities and operates one of the largest, most comprehensive and diverse scholarship management services in the state. OFIC member colleges collectively enroll nearly 97,000 students and award one-third of all bachelor’s degrees in the state. For 58 years OFIC has worked to highlight the leadership, value and excellence of independent higher education and has provided unrestricted operating funds and scholarship commitments through funds raised in annual solicitations of businesses and foundations, thereby assuring continuation of excellence in private higher education. OFIC is governed by a Board of Trustees comprised of Ohio’s corporate leaders, as well as presidents of the 34 member colleges.
The member colleges are: Ashland University, Baldwin-Wallace College, Bluffton University, Capital University, Cedarville University, University of Dayton, Defiance College, Denison University, The University of Findlay, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Franklin University, Heidelberg College, Hiram College, John Carroll University, Kenyon College, Lake Erie College, Lourdes College, Malone University, Marietta College, Mount Union College, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Muskingum College, Notre Dame College, Oberlin College, Ohio Dominican University, Ohio Northern University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Otterbein College, Urbana University, Ursuline College, Walsh University, Wilmington College, Wittenberg University and The College of Wooster.